Box or container for cigars, cigarettes, and the like



July 15 1924.

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BOX bi GON'IA INE R -FOR c1 jFiled Aug. 14, 1922 fig-Z a GARS, CIGARETTES, AND THE L ma 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL BAIRD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BOX 0R CONTAINER FOR CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed August n, 1922. Seria1 No..581,640.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that SAMUEL BAIRD, a subject of the King of England, residing at 30 St. Mary Axe, in the county of London, England, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Boxes or Containers for Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to boxes or containers for the reception or packing of articles particularly manufactured tobacco such as cigars, cigarettes and the like, the chief object being to provide a means of packing adapted to improve and condition the contents which are packed or deposited in the box or container preferably in vertical order or on end in the well known manner.

In connection with mechandise such as particularlyreferred to above it is necessary in the packed state to provide ventilation therefor and it is further desirable that extremes of temperature should be avoided or prevented.

The invention has therefore the further object of providing aconstruct-ion of packing box or container whereof the effect in use is to preserve about the articles disposed therein an atmosphere of equable or uniform temperature.

lVith the above mentioned objects in view the box or packing device is constructed in such a manner as to provide an air insulated receptacle for the articlescigars, cigarettes or the like.

According to this invention a well or pocket is formed by a partition composed of thin porous Cuban cedar wood, or veneer of the same suitably arranged and supported within an enclosing case or body.

The packing box or container accordingly comprises a body which may be of rectangular or other appropriate configuration, the interior being adapted for the reception of the aforesaidpartition which is arranged at a suitable distance from the walls of the body so as to furnish an air insulated well or pocket for the reception of the cigars or cigarettes in end-on or vertical disposition. The well or pocket may be closed or covered by means of a lid of similar material to that composing'the partition or sides of the well or pocket the said lid being either detachable or hinged as desired. The well or pocketmay be supported by means of plates or boards having apertures formed therein so that when placed at a suitable distance apart and supported by distance pieces thesaid apertures are in alignment and are adapted for the reception of the partition material which may be bent or curved to the conformation of the said apertures within which the said material resides. The bottom of the box may howeverbe furnished with blocks adapted to provide a circular depression and the top be constituted by a board having a circular aperture therein and adapted to align with the circular depression so that the partition material may be inserted or passed into the same.

There may be one, two or more wells or pockets in the box or container forming a like number of air insulated receptacles for the articles.

In order that the invention may be readily understood and carried into efiect same will now be more fully described with refer ence to the accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a box or container having two wells or pockets erected therein.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 22 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan corresponding with Fig ure 1.

Figure 4c is a horizontal section taken along the line 14 in Figure 1.

Figures 5 and 6 are detached views in plan of the blocks arranged on the bottom of the box for forming the depressions.

Figure 7 is an elevation illustrating spaced boards or plates for supporting the well or pocket.

Figure 8 is a transverse section taken along the line 88 in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a plan corresponding with Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a horizontal section taken along the line 1010 in Figure 7.

Referring to Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, the box body a is provided with a hinged lid 6. The bottom is furnished with blocks such as shown at c and d and in Figures 5 and 6 detached the arrangement of the said blocks on the bottom providing two circular de pressions. The top is constituted by a board or plate or two half-boards or plates 0 e having circular apertures or semi-circular gaps. formed therein and aligned with the afore-v said fioor depressions. The partitions f f of thin porous Cuban cedar wood or veneer are passed through and into the apertures in the top 0 0 so that their upper ends are supported by the walls of the said. apertures and their lower ends rest in the depressions formed by the blocks 0 (Z on the bottom or floor of the box body a. The top board or plate and the blocks may be secured in position by pins or a suitable adhesive as found convenient. A space is thus provided around the wells or pockets 9 g which serves as an air chamber thereby neutralizing atmospheric or temperature extremes and preserving the air which pervades the articlescigars, cigarettes or the like-at a uniform temperature.

The wells or pockets 9 9 may be closed by an inner covering or lid h of similar material to that which constitutes the walls of the wells or pockets, the said covering or lid being either detachable, that is to say, simply placed over the wells and top board or plate a or hinged to the box body as will be readily understood. The inner packing is securely closed by the outer hinged cover I) which is shown hinged to the back of the box body a in the manner common to the construction of cigar boxes. In Figure 3 the said cover Z) is opened or thrown back from the position. shown in Figure 1 and partly broken away.

Referring now to Figures 7 to 10 inclus'iv'e, the packaging means may comprise a pair of perforated boards or plates 2', is spaced apart by means of distance pieces or brackets Z the well or pocket 9 constituted by y the walls f being passed into the perforations so as to span the space between the boards or plates and occupy the said perforations. Thus constructed the packaging device may be readily inserted in a box body such as a- Figures 1 to 4.

By the above described means a perfect conditioning of the contents of the box is induced, all dampness being excluded.

Owing to the construction and the preferred vertical disposition of the articles packing ribbon may be dispensed with and it will be found that the absence of pressureincidental to the use of the said ribbon has the effect of preserving the original shape of the cigars.

Although in the above description a packaging device having two wells or pockets and another having one well or pocket are referred to it will be readily apparent that the number of wells or pockets may be varied and the box body be suitably constructed or arranged to receive and support the required porous partition or partitions which constitute the wells or pockets.

1 claim:

1. In a box or container for cigars, cigarettes and the like, an outer enclosing box body composed of substantially impervious material having a closing lid applied there to, an inner receptacle composed of thin porous material bent into a laterally closed form for holding the cigars, cigarettes or the like in a vertical attitude, and means for supporting the said inner receptacle at a substantial distance from the walls of said outer box body to provide a space unoc cupied except by air about the said inner receptacle and between the same and said box body.

2. In a box or container for cigars, cigarettes and the like, an outer enclosing body of appropriate conformation having a closing lid applied thereto. a receptacle therein composed of thin shee material bent into a laterally closed form, and a plurality of spaced supports adapted to receive the upper and lower ends respectively of said receptacle and to preserveits position in the said body at a suitable distance from the walls thereof.

8. In a box or container for cigars, cigarettes and the like, an outer enclosing body of appropriate conformation having a closing lid applied thereto, a receptacle therein composed of thin sheet material bent into a laterally closed form, shaped blocks secured to the bottom of the body adapted to provide depressions for the reception of the lower end of the said receptacle, an apertured board at the top of the said body for the reception of the upper end of the receptacle.

4t. In a box or container for cigars, cigarettesand the like an outer enclosing body of appropriate conformation having a closing lid applied thereto, a receptacle therein com posed of thin wood or veneer bent into a laterally closed form, means for retaining said receptacle at a suitable distance from the walls of the said body, and an inner lid composed of the aforesaid thin porous wood for covering the said receptacle, the inner lid being vertically spaced from the body lid to provide an air layer between the lids.

5. In a box or container for cigars, cigar ettes and the like, an outer enclosing body of appropriate conformation having a closing lid applied thereto, a receptacle therein composed of thin wood or veneer bent into a laterally closed form, spaced supports adapted to receive the upper and lower ends respectively of said receptacle and preserve its position in the said body at a suitable distance from the walls thereof and an inner lid composed of the aforesaid thin porous wood for covering the said receptacle.

6. In a box or container for cigars, cigarettes and -the like, an outer enclosing body of appropriate conformation having a closing lid applied thereto, a receptacle. therein composed of thin wood or veneer bent into a laterally closed form, shaped blocks secured to the bottom of the body adapted to provide depressions for the reception of the lower end of the said receptacle, an apertured board at the top of the said body for the reception of the upper end of the receptacle and an inner lid of the aforesaid thin porous wood for covering the said receptacle in spaced relation to the lid of the body.

7. In a box or container for cigars, cigarettes and the like, an outer enclosing body of appropriate conformation having a closing lid applied thereto, a receptacle therein composed of thin wood or veneer bent into a laterally closed form, spaced supports adapted to receive the upper and lower ends respectively of the said receptacle and to preserve its position in the said body at a suitable distance from the walls thereof and distance pieces for maintaining said supports in predetermined relation.

8. A package device for articles, partiea laterally continuous porous partition supported in spaced relation to the lateral Walls whereby the well will be surrounded laterally by an air space.

9. A package device for articles, particularly manufactured tobacco such as cigars, cigarettes or the like, comprising a closed container having therein a Well formed by a laterally continuous porous partition suported in spaced relation to the lateral walls whereby the well will be surrounded laterally by an air space, said well having a depth at least equal to the length of the articles to be placed therein, whereby the articles may be stored therein on end.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature.

SAMUEL BAIRD.

ularly manufactured tobacco such as cigars, Vitnesses:

cigarettes or the like, comprising a closed container having therein a well formed by GILBERT KAY, CHAS. RENNIE. 

